Bookish Baby Showers – This Is For All You Future Baby Mamas

For the past few weeks, my life has been taken over by BABY SHOWER PLANNING for my darling sister. What a daunting task if there ever was one! Last week I was a little MIA from blogging and tweeting leading up to the big partay…and NOW IT’S ALL OVER. I somehow pulled it off and finally, at the most critical point on Saturday morning, I was able to rally some help. Will gets some major fiance points for doing a LOT of the cooking to help me while I decorated. He’s a regular Betty Crocker…but way hotter.

While I was planning, I was on Pinterest and blogs looking at some major baby shower eye candy and inspiration. I was sad that my sister isn’t all crazy bookish like I am so I couldn’t throw her the most bookish baby shower EVER but I WAS able to to incorporate my love for books in one way.

As part of the invitation, where it said where she was registered, I wrote – “Let’s help build baby’s library. In lieu of a card, please bring a book for baby with a note from you inside.” It was really great! Mostly everyone bought books instead of cards and there was such cute, thoughtful notes that people wrote inside the books. This is step 1 in my diabolical plan to be the crazy aunt who makes her niece obsessed with books 🙂

Anyways, here’s some inspiration for throwing a real book-themed baby shower for that bookworm in your life. Feel free to throw one of these for me when this day comes for me 😛

What cute cupcake toppers!

Cute bookish baby shower game with children’s book titles

Love the bookish decorations!

I LOVE THIS CAKE!

Now THIS is creative. Although, the green eggs scare me.

This is the invitation that I “stole” the “help build baby’s library” idea. I only wish I could have had these invitations!

Jamie is a 30 year old married lady who is in denial that she's actually that old. When she's not reading you can find her doing Pilates followed by eating ice cream, listening to music with oversized headphones and having adventures with her husband and dog.

So cute! I would love to have a baby shower like this someday. I really like the books instead of a card idea. Cards are useless and the books will be used, plus you can buy a book for the price of a nice card!

Martha Stewart has a whole section on her website about a bookish baby shower. It's nothing short of amazing.I not so subtly told my mom that was what I wanted when my time came and that if I didn't get it I wasn't responsible for whatever the crazy pregnancy hormones made me do ;D

lol, awwwe, that's cute about Will. Brian is always helping me with cooking when I'm planning something. Infact, he's a much better cook than I am.

I adore the build babies library idea. If I ever throw another baby shower in my life, I will have to do that. So cute and PRACTICAL!

I'm sure your niece will be obsessed with books having an aunt like you. My daughter is already obsessed with books and she's only 3. Everytime we stop at the post office she gets excited.. "Momma, maybe there's a book?" lol

So glad you pulled off the shower well. yay! I've thrown a few for my friends and they are no joke! Very time consuming and stressful.